Automobile light



Sept. l, |925. 1,551,828

C.MCCLAY AUTOMOBILE LI GBT Filed Feb. 21, 1925 l//a/wcy.

Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES CHRISTOPHER MCCLAY, OF OREGON CITY, OREGON.

AUTOMOBILE LIGHT.

Application led February 21, 1925. Serial No. 10,771.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER MOCLAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oregon City, in thev county of Clackamas and State ofOregon, have invented a new and useful Automobile Light, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to automobile lights in which the direct rays froman electric light bulb are partly thrown against a deflecting hood andpartly sent through a colored glass plate whereby that part of the raysis softened. A

The main object of my invention is to produce an illuminating deviceespecially valuable for automobiles in order to avoid the dazzling glarewhich is so annoying to the oncoming motorist, and which is such afrequent source of disastrous accidents. A further object is to producespots of concentrated light in the general field of illumination.

Other objects and advantages are to be found in the construction andarrangement of parts as will be described in the specification, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

I attain these objects with the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in whichy Fig. 1 is a front view of the entireapparatus. n

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the center line of Fig. l.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Ani electric light bulb 1 of standard construction is inserted in thecustomary socket 2, said socket 2 being connected by the electric wires3 with a suitable electric source. It will be noticed that thelongitudinal axis of the socket- 2 points upward at an approximate angleof forty-five degrees. Proceeding from the socket 2 is a cup-shapedreflector 4 whose rim is covered by a lens 5. Joining the cup-shapedreflector 4 is a conical reliector 6, which encircles the edge of theformer with a flange 7 and is held in place by the screws 8. This flange7 is provided with an inwardlyextending shoulder 9 to hold the lens 5 inplace. The edge of the outwardly flaring wall of the conical reector 6is joined to a hood 10 whose to nclnes toward and finally meets .the1ong1- tudinal axis of the socket 2. The open face of the hood 10 isclose-d by a front lens l1 which may be fastened to the hood 10 in anydesired manner. In front View the lens 11 should preferably appear as acircle. A spot in the upper part ofthe hood 10 is either iattened orbetter yet, curved, as shown, to act as a concentrating mirror 12.Resting on the bottom or the conical reflector 6, and traversing thepath of the lower half of the rays from; the light bulb l is avertically disposed colored glass plate 13, which extends upward toabout the longitudinal axis of the socket. the colored glass plate 13 inits place may be left to the choice of the trained mechanic. A suitablecasing 14 as indicated by the dotted lines, may be employed to enclosethe construction, of course, with the exception of the front lens.

In this manner the reflected light from the hood will be thrown fromseventy-five to one hundred feet ahead, but containing only reflectedlight mingled with the rays from the colored glass, preferably greem-nodazu zling glare can be experienced. A small circle of brighterillumination will be produced by the concentrating mirror for a distanceof about twenty-five or thirty feet where an automobile driver needsgreatest clarity, yet this brighter spot also will be without anydazzling glare.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that my objects havebeen accomplished, and, though I have shown the preferred form ofconstruction, I reserve to myself the right to make minor changes,providing I do not violate the`spirit and principle of my invention.

I claim: l

In an automobile light, the combination of a cup-shaped reflector, anelectric light bulb at the bottom of said cup-shaped re- Hector, thelongitudinal aXis of said cupshaped reiiector extending upward at anangle, a'ange sliding over the outer edge of said cup-shaped reflector,screws holding the flange to said cup-shaped reflector, an

rinwardly extending shoulder connected with the flange, a lens coveringthe opening of said cup-shaped reflector and held in place by saidshoulder, an outwardly flaring conical reflector proceeding from theflange, a

hood rmly attached to ythe .edge of the The manner of aflixing conicalreflector, the top of said hood inclining toward and meeting thelongitudinal axis of the cup-shaped rellector, a portion in the top ofsaid hood being pressed into a. concentrating mirror, a front lenscovering the opening of said hood, a colored glass plate attached to thebottoni of the conicall reector and extending across the lowcl openingof said hood, and a casing sul'- rounding thecupeshaped reflectorincluding 10 the hood.

Signed by me at Poitland7 Oregon, this 14th day of February, 1925.

CHRISTOPHER MCCLAY.

